Credti-accounting appliance.



PATBNTED OCT. 8, 1907.

A, STEVENS. CREDIT ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 29, 1906.

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niromvix UNITEDISTATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANSEL STEVENS, OF WESTBROOK, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO THE MCOASKEY REGISTER COMPANY, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CREDIT-ACCOUNTING APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 19.07.

A li ti fi1 dlleoember29, l906. Serial No. 349,962.

To all whom it may concern: Be'it known that I, ANsEL sTEVENS, a

1 United States, residing at Westbrook, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, have irrventedcertain-new and useful Improvements in Credit-Accounting Appliances; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

' to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon,

which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to account cabinets or registers that are used in a credit accounting system for holding duplicate bill slips in systematic order indexed lorready reference, the invention having refei'ence more particularly to the hinged bill holding leaves or frames and the support therefor.

Theobject of the invention primarily is to provide a simple and inexpensive credit register or set of bill holding leaves which may be adapted to be used without requiring a case, desk or ela'borate cabinet therefor,

which leaves may be readily handled as a group to be placed in a fire proof safe for security of the accounts,

, all to the end that appliances of the above-mentioned character may be produced at a relatively small ex pense for the use of merchants of limitedmeans or those "having small lists of credit customers, not warranting the purchase of more elaborate credit account cabinets now in general use.

the above-mentioned an droinol:v objects in "View; theinvention comprises a stand adapted to be placed upon a counter or a shelf, a.1id,a plurality of bill holding leaves or frames pivotedto a-ileaf'base which is adapted to be held removably-on thelstand and to support the leaves either in nearly vertical or in approximately horizontal positions independently of other supports. And the invention consists further in the novel parts and in the combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and claimed.-

i the register leaves with one of the leaves in its lowermost or reclining'position; Fig. 3, a'p erspective view of the base'iorthe bill holding leaves; Fig. 4, a top,

plan'viewfof the stand Fig. 5, an end elevation of the stand; Fig. 6,"a fragmentary end elevation of the set of bill holding leaves; Fig. 7', a top plan of one of the leaves; and, Fig/,8, a side view of either one ofthe leaves.

' Similar reference characters in.,the; .different figures of thedrawings designate corresponding elements or features ofconstruction.

-flli e stand for register comprises two foot pieces citizen of the r a and a to which a rail b is attached at its ends spacing the foot pieces apart the desired distance, and the foot piece a has screw ho :s c and d in its end parts, the

foot piece a having similar holes 0 and d so that in case it is desired to place the stand upon a shelf or near the edge of a counter, the stand may be securedin order to prevent it from tilting over by-the overhanging weight of the leaves when drawn forward.

The stand comprises also a pair of uprightend pieces e and e that are suitably attached to the foot pieces,

and two arms f and f, one arm being connected at one of its ends'by a pivot g, and the other arm connected at one of its ends by a'pivot g to the rail b, the pivots being near the foot pieces, and the arms may either fold .under the rail 12 or be drawn out along side of the foot pieces to serve to prevent the stand from tilting forward in case that it is not secured otherwise, these arms adapting the stand to. be placed anywhere temporarily or removably. Theforward end of the foot.

piece a is' provided with a lip h, and the forward end of the foot piece a with a lip h. The upright end pieces a and e are triangular in elevation, arranged with one angle of each inclined so as to face forwardly,

and in the rear of the upperparts thereof are notches 'i and i The leaf base j for connecting together and directly supporting the leaves may be composed of either wood or metal and is adapted tolie as a board or plate upon the end pieces e and e, in slanting position with thelower edge j under the lips h and h, and an upper rear part of the base is provided with loops 7c and k that may be drawn into the notches i and "r" to prevent composed of strips secured suitably to opposite sides of the plate, the rear plate n being provided with a stiffening strip 0,: and'the' forward leaf plate 11/ with a stiffening strip 0. j The sidebars of each leaf frame are longer than and project beyond an edge of the leaf plate, and the pi'bj'ecting ends of the frame are provided with pivot holes p by which the frame is connected to the 'pivotsll or'l. The pivot holes are arranged near the forwardsides of the leaves so that when the leaves are placed; vertically they will be inclined to lean rear- Qwardly, the lower edge ofthe plate n, or a strip 0 [thereof findingabearing' against the base j, whereby the leaf is held upright leaning slightly rearward, the

rear leaf supporting the other leaves when ,upright,

although the lower edge of theplate of each leaf also bears the forward face of the base j, thus reliev- 25- may be lifted with the b 'e ing therear leaf from undue strains. When the forward leaf is drawn forward as in Fig. 2, the plate n/ or its stiffening strip will bear against the lower forwardpart j oi the base, thus supporting the leaf in approximately horizontal position, and the other leaves may be drawn forward and-be supported horizontally partly by the forward leaiand also by reason of the plate of each" leaf engaging the front face of the base, this feature be- It will he -understood that in the creditaccounting system suitable bill (slips ate employed and inade outin duplicate, one oi which is to 'be'pla'ced one bill holding:

'. of course beingindex'e 'and'the operations oi the sys-' tem well. knowmf reqilires no further; explana- In practical use of th nvention, theset oi'bill holdiing-leaves, which 'may c prise any suitablehumbeij; thereof and placed instantly. upon the. stand and their will 'be ready' for Luse,'and.

when desire'dfto-removel-the leaves, as in case of a fire v orat other times, for security, the basej may be moved 1 slightly upward so as to release the loops band is irom 80 the notches i and i, wheiiitlie base and the leaves may be lifted from the stand and carried'away, the advantages of which will be iully.- understood and appreciated. -Having thus describedth'in'vention', what is claimed Credit accounting 'appliiinces including a portable leaf-base, means for supportiii'g the ieaf bas e fixedly in a normal operative .position, and a plurality otbill-holding leaves pivoted onlthe leaf-base, the rearmost lea! normally supportedzin leaning position by contact with the base'in 4O proximity to the axls ot the pivotof the leaf.

2. Credit accounting appliances including a portable stand provided with means-for supporting itself normally in upright position, a leaf base mounted removubly on the stand, and a plurality of bill-holding leaves pivoted on the ;base and ieaningwhen in upright positions against the base in proximity to the planes of the axes of the pivots thereof.

3. Credit-accounting appliances including a'portnhle stand, a. lea! ba'se"mounted. removably on the top of the stand, and a plurality oi! bill-hoiding-leaves pivoted on the base and leaning when in upright positions against the base in proximity to the planesot the axes of the pivots thereof:- 1 r I 4. Credit accounting appliances including a base provided with .pivots, a plurality of blll-holdingleailes each comprisin'ga plate auda frame having parts extending beyond the plat'e said parts being mounted on the pivots,

and the plates of'the ldmzesengaging the base and being stopped thereby at predetermined angles thereto, the plates swinging'clear ot thebase-at other relative angles thereto.

" xolCredit-accounting' appliances including a stand pro- T.v-ided"with' 'folding arms for its support, a base mounted removnbl' on the stands luralit of bill-holdl'n leaves leaf and held bya clamp s, the leavesandtheclamps y p y g pivoted 'on the base and leaning when in upright positions against thebase, means for locking the base on the stand,

and means on the leaves for holding bill-slips.

6. Credit accounting appliances including a portable stand comprising two toot pieces and-a rail and also 'upright end pieces, the foot pieces extending beyond the end pieces and having llps'on their ends, av leaf base mounted removably upon the end pieces and the foot pieces and engaging-the lips oi the latter, and bill-holding leaves pivoted on the base.

7. Credit-accounting. appliances including a portable stand comprising two i'oot pieces, having upright end pieces inounted thereon and o. rail secured to the foot pieces, the

foot pieces extending beyond the end pieces, .the" end pieces having notches in the higher parts thereof, a lent base mounted removably upon the end ports and the projecting portions of the foot pieces and having loops held in the notehesof the .endpieces, and bill-holding leaves pivoted on the base. l

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses, on the 17th day 0t December, 1906.

'ANSEL STEVENS.

Witnesse's'z W. M. LAMB, MARY R. Rs'rmonn'. 

